ACCA Course : Skill Level

Completing ACCA skills level can earn you advanced diploma in Accounting and Business. The advanced diploma will help you to prove your credentials to a prospective employer and help you to kick start your career.

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Syllabus

F4 – Corporate and Business Law (LW)

This paper enables you to understand the wider legal framework and introduces specific legal issues relating to business. This level also trains you to identify situations where specialist legal advice must be sought.

The main elements of this paper are as follows:

Essential elements of the legal system

The law of obligations

Employment law

The formation and constitution of business organisations

Capital and the financing of companies

Management, administration and the regulation of companies

Legal implications for companies in difficulty or crisis

Governance and ethical issues relating to business

F5 – Performance Management (PM)

The objective of this paper is to polish your skills in management accounting techniques. This level teaches you to apply your knowledge to quantitative and qualitative data to empower you to undertake planning, decision-making, and evaluating performance.

The main elements of this paper are as follows:

Cost accounting techniques

Decision-making

Budgeting and forecasting

Standard costing and variance analysis

Performance measurement

Paper F6 – Taxation (TX)

Learn the nuances of the business taxation system and its effect on individuals, companies, and groups of businesses.

The main elements of this paper are as follows:

Trading profits

Capital allowances

Employment income

Property business profits

Investment income

Personal tax computations

National insurance

Corporation tax

Capital gains tax

Value added tax

Self-assessment

Paper F7 – Financial Reporting (FR)

This module helps you to grasp accounting standards and financial reporting. This paper also introduces you to the theoretical principles that form the basis of the financial statements.

The main elements of this paper are as follows:

Conceptual framework

Regulatory framework

Preparation of financial statements

Business combinations

Analysing and interpreting

F8 – Audit and Assurance (AA)

This paper uses the knowledge and competencies used by financial managers in fields such as financing, investment, and dividend policy decision-making.

The main features of this paper are as follows:

Financial management function

Financial management environment

Working capital management

Investment appraisal

Business finance

Cost of capital

Business valuation

Risk management

F9 – Financial Management (FM)

This paper intends to impart lessons on the actual tasks handled by the financial manager and the various management techniques to be applied in the real world scenario.

Discuss the role and purpose of the financial management function

Assess and discuss the impact of the economic environment on financial management

Discuss and apply working capital management techniques

Carry out effective investment appraisal

Identify and evaluate alternative sources of business finance

Discuss and apply principles of business and asset valuations

Explain and apply risk management techniques in business.

Exams & Certifications

Eligibility criteria

Minimum age is 16 years.

Must be a commerce graduate or should have cleared knowledge level or both groups of IPCC.

Exemptions

Commerce graduates are exempt from F4
IPCC(both group cleared) are exempt form F6 & F8
B.com+IPCC are exempt form F4, F6 & F8
CA’s are exempt from all exams i.e F1 to F9

(100 marks contributing to the student result, and 10 marks of seeded questions which do not contribute towards the student’s result).

Passing marks: 50%

Historical Pass Rate

Certification

Students receive the Advanced Diploma in Accounting and Business when they have successfully completed (either passed or exempt) the Applied Skills exams.You also need to complete The Ethics and Professional Skills module (or if previously completed the Professional Ethics module).